The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), with support from Newland Communities, has committed to launching a yearlong campaign to educate consumers about the benefits of green homes.
This commitment was announced Sept. 22 in New York City at the Clinton Global Initiative Conference.
“This year alone there were 1.9 million homes being built using 20 percent of the nergy in the U.S.,” said Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO and founding chair of the USGBC. “If we can have an impact, if we can educate consumers on green home building, we will be able to significantly reduce that energy consumption.”
The first product of this joint effort will be an online consumer education resource at usgbc.org, which will leverage USGBC’s 300,000+ Web site users per month. Using online educational tools, the resource will provide current and potential homeowners with credible information on how they can make their homes better, more efficient, healthier places to live.
More information about the Clinton Global Initiative and the commitment between USGBC and Newland Communities: http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/NETCOMMUNITY.
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